Meaning and background
The story behind Emerald
Emerald is documented as a modern English given name taken from the green gemstone. Behind the Name traces the word ultimately to Greek smaragdos and records the stone’s traditional connection with May. Its colour and gem associations are therefore part of the name’s actual source. Folkloric claims about what a stone imparts should remain beliefs, so they do not establish that a dog called Emerald will acquire love, luck, or another quality.
- Origin
- Emerald is a modern English name from the green precious stone; the word ultimately comes from Greek smaragdos. Source
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About Emerald
Recorded as a dog’s name
Emerald appears in 11 dog licence records in the 2026 New York City dataset.
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Pronunciation and rhythm
/ɛmɹəld/
US English sound sequence, converted from the CMU dictionary. Stress marks are shown separately.
Stress on the first syllable in the recorded US readings.
Other dictionary readings and notation
/ɛmɹəld/ · primary stress on syllable 1EH1 M R AH0 L D
/ɛmɚɹəld/ · primary stress on syllable 1EH1 M ER0 R AH0 L D
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Sources and research notes (2)
Dictionary readings have 2 or 3 syllables.
- New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene NYC Dog Licensing Dataset — extract_year 2026 — Dog licence periods, not unique dogs; NYC only. No owner-level fields retrieved.
- Carnegie Mellon University / CMU Sphinx maintainers CMU US English Pronouncing Dictionary — US English dictionary readings; not owner-specific or exhaustive multilingual pronunciation
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